Cookies statement

Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. The cookies are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. 

We use cookies to see how our site is used. These help us make the website function properly, make the website more secure, provide a better experience for visitors to our site, understand how the website performs and analyse what works and where it needs improving. Royal Surrey NHS FoundationTrust uses essential cookies to function and to improve your security, e.g. when submitting forms. These essential cookies are only for security and site function and do not track individuals in any way.

The law states that we can store cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary for the operation of the site (such as essential cookies). For non-essential cookies, we need your permission. The Trust uses a range of non-essential cookies provided by Google when using our website. This includes cookies that help us understand how visitors interact with our website. They provide information to help help improve our visitor’s website experience. 

If you are happy to accept these cookies, please press the accept button; if you are not happy to accept these analytics cookies, please press decline. If you decline, this site will still work correctly but some third-party services (such as some videos) may not display.

You can find out more about cookies on aboutcookies.org, for example, how the cookies used on this website affect you and how to disable them. 

Essential cookies

Name   

Description

Duration/Expiration

JSESSIONID

Preserves user’s status across page requests.

Session

TS0xxxxxxx

Maintains context across multiple high-availability application servers and secure Web Application Firewall (WAF).

Session

VOPECRA

Remembers that a user has accepted or declined.

1 year

__stripe_mid

__stripe_sid

For process payments used for our maternity courses. Our online payment provider Stripe provides this service. They will only be placed on your machine if you are paying for a course.

1 year

 

Non-essential cookies

Name

Description

Duration/Expiration

_GA

Stores and counts page views.

2 years

__gid

Stores and counts page views.

1 day

DV                      

Collects information about how visitors use our site.

End of browser session

uid

Tracks users across various website segments.

2 years

OTZ

Provides an analysis of website visitors in aggregate.

1 month

SOCS

Stores a user’s status regarding their cookie choices.

13 months

AEC

Ensures requests within a browsing session are made by the user, and not by other sites. They prevent malicious sites from acting on behalf of a user without that user's knowledge.

6 months

SIDCC

Provides identification of trusted web traffic.

1 year

SID

Captures a user’s Google Account ID and documents their recent sign-in time.

1 year

SEARCH_SAMESITE

Prevents the browser from sending this cookie along with cross-site requests.

4 months

APISID 

This cookie is used to display personalised advertisements on Google sites, based on recent searches and previous interactions.

2 years

SAPISID

This cookie is used by Google to display personalised advertisements on Google sites, based on recent searches and previous interactions.

1 year

HSID

This cookie contains digitally signed and encrypted records of a user’s Google Account ID and most recent sign-in time.

1 year

__Secure-1PAPISID, __Secure-1PSID, , __Secure-3PAPISID, __Secure-3PSID,

This cookie is used for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor's interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising.

2 years

__Secure-1PSIDCC, __Secure-3PSIDCC,

This cookie is used for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor's interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising.

1 year

NID

This cookie is used to show Google ads in Google services for signed-out users

6 months